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HIV and AIDS

Number of AIDS deaths (2003)................................................................................................ 18,01725
Cause of death rank (2003)..................................................................................................... >15th4
Rank for persons ages 15-24; 25-44; 45-64, respectively........................................................... 10th; 6th; 9th
Number of Americans living with HIV (2003 est.)....................................................................... 1,039,000-1,185,00026
Number of persons living with AIDS (2003 est.)......................................................................... 405,92627
New cases of HIV annually (2003 est.)..................................................................................... approximately 40,00026
New AIDS cases (2003 est.)................................................................................................... 43,17127
Combined Federal and State Medicaid expenditures for AIDS (2003)........................................... $8.5 billion28
HIV prevalence and treatment rates vary by............................................................................... race
  ethnicity
  gender
  SES

 

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